Smoker&#39;s utensil



- Dec. 15, 1936. w. F. BLACK SMOKER S UTENSIL Filed June 7, 1934INVENTOR.

' ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 15, 1936 A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 8 Claims.

The invention relates to a smokers utensil, and particularly to autensil for holding a lighted cigarette or cigar, for extinguishing anddisposing of a cigarette or cigar stub, and for receiving ashes.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter including means providing a substantially air-tight chamber inwhich a lighted cigarette or cigar may be disposed to be extinguished.

A further object is to provide a device of this character having areceptacle and means associated therewith for receiving a lightedcigarette and operable to extinguish the same before delivering it tothe receptacle.

A further object is to provide a device of this character having areceptacle provided with an opening and means associated therewithincluding a tray and a shiftable member, for delivering thereto ashes,stubs and the like, deposited on said tray.

A further object is to provide a device of this character comprising areceptacle having a pair of spaced cover plates having disalignedopenings and means disposed between said plates for conveying ashes andstubs deposited in the upper plate opening to the lower plate opening.

A further object is toprovide a device of this character with novelmeans for holding a cigarette or cigar.

With these and other objects apparent from the following description inView, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination andarrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a top plan view of the device.

Figure 2 is a view of the device in side elevation.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the device taken on line 3-3 ofFigure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary bottom plan view of the upper portion of thedevice.

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view of the cigarette holder taken online 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view of the receptacletaken on line 66 of Figure 2.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view of a modified formof the upper portion of the device.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral Hi designates a cylindricalreceptacle provided with an open upper end. A wire ll of circular formis fixedly secured, as by soldering, to the inner face of thecylindrical side wall of the receptacle in spaced relation below theupper edge of the receptacle, the ends of said wire terminating inspaced relation. A top or top-plate I2 rests upon wire H at its edges,said plate having a cutout or opening l3 formed at one side thereof, theside edges of said opening extending substantially radially thereof andterminating adjacent the center thereof. A stud I l is fixedly carriedby plate l2 centrally thereof and extends vertically upwardly therefrom.Adjacent the outer edge of plate l2 and extending downwardly therefromin the vertical plane of the side edge of opening I3 is formed one ormore flanges l5 each bearing upon an end of wire l l to prevent rotationof said plate l2 in receptacle I ll. Suitable means may also be providedto normally retain said plate in said recetpacle, as illustrated inFigure 6 wherein the receptacle is provided with outwardly directedpockets or off-sets it for the reception of tongues ll carried by platel2 and adapted to be snapped to place in said pockets.

An annular member is fits closely in the upper end of receptacle Hi andis supported by plate l2, said member l8 being readily removable fromand rotatable in said receptacle. Member Hi carries a spider H9; at thelower portion thereof, said spider comprising vertical plates whoselower edges are flush with the plane of the lower edge of member 98.Spider it? comprises a member 20 of suitable outline, octagonal asshown, from which extend a plurality of outwardly directed arm portions,preferably eight as shown in Figure 4. Each of said arm portions ispreferably formed ofa strip of metal secured at one end thereof tomember 213 and extending outwardly from said member at 2!, thenceangularly of portion 2! to member 58 at 22, thence in engagement withand fixedly secured to member 8 at 23, thence inwardly in spacedrelation and preferably parallel to portion 22 at 2 3, and terminatingin an angularly extending portion 25 secured at its end to portion 2!intermediate the length of said last named portion. Parallel portions 22and 2d of'the spider arm portions are preferably spaced apart a distanceequal to the width of the strip from which they are formed, thedimension thereof preferably being slightly greater than the diameter ofa cigarette and/or a cigar. A cover or plate 25 is disposed in member l8and rests upon the spider l9, and said plate is provided with a cut-outor opening 21 of an outline similar to that of opening l3 in plate l2but positioned diametrically opposite therefrom. Plate 26 is freelyrotatable relative to member l8. At its center, plate 26 is providedwith an opening 28 of a configuration similar to and for the receptionof stud I4. A scraper plate 29, vertically positioned, is secured at itsends to opposite sides of the member 18 and bears upon plate 26 at itslower edge, said scraper plate preferably comprising a pair of parallelend portions interconnected by an arcuate central por tion 36 concentricof said plate.

In use, the member I3 is applied to the receptacle to position theopening 2'1 of plate 26 in diametrically opposed relation to opening itof plate I 2, and with the stud l4 projecting through opening 28 ofplate 26. When so positioned, the spider l9 bears on plate [2 at itslower edge and is borne upon by plate 26 at its upper edge. One of thearm portions of spider l9 will always be exposed through plate opening21, and a cigarette or cigar stub may be placed therein. Member l6 maythen be rotated sufficiently to move said stub-containing spider armentirely beneath plate 26, for which purpose member 18 is provided onits periphery with a plurality of finger tabs 3|, preferably equal innumber to the number of arms of spider 99, by means of which member l8may be rotated. The receptacle l carries an outwardly upwardly directedstop 32, and by moving an adjacently positioned tab 3! to a positioncoinciding with stop 32, the stub-containing spider arm will be movedwider plate 26 and a. succeeding spider arm will be positioned beneathopening 21 of plate 26 for the reception of another stub. When astub-containing spider arm has been moved below plate 2'! in thismanner, the plates I2 and 26 serve to seal the upper and lower opensides of the spider arm, whereby said arm structure provides asubstantially airtight compartment in which a contained burning cigar orcigarette stub will be extinguished. As subsequent rotary movement isimparted to member l6 to bring the stub-containing spider arm aboveopening 13 in plate l2, the stub falls therefrom through opening !3 andinto receptacle Hi. In the event the cigar or cigarette stub has notbeen extinguished before it is deposited in receptacle I6, it will beextinguished therein by virtue of the construction of the device whereinthe spider l9 effectively renders substantially air-tight the passagebetween plates l2 and 26 whereby passage of air from opening 21 of plate26 to the receptacle is practically barred. The maintainence of plate 26in stationary position during rotation of member [8 is eifected by meansof the stud i carried by plate l2 and passing through opening 28 ofplate 26, so that the openings l3 and 21 of said plates [2 and 26,respectively, will always be positioned in diametrically opposedrelation during operation of the device.

A suitable holder for lighted cigars and cigarettes may be used with thedevice, for instance, of the type illustrated in Figure 5. This holdercomprises a socket 33 fitting over the upper end of stud l4- and bearingupon plate 26 at its lower end. On this socket 33 is fixedly mounted ahead 34, preferably of concavo-convex form, which is disposedconcentrically of plate 26 and is of a radius greater than the spacingof the inner edge of opening 2! from the center of plate 26. One or morecigar or cigarette holding hooks are carried by head 34, said hookmembers preferably comprising a rigid wire extending through an openingin head 34 and provided with an enlarged head 35 bearing upon the innerface of head 34 an secured thereto by solder 36, which solder may alsoserve to hold head 34 on socket 33. From head 34 the headed wire extendsradially outwardly at an upwardly directed inclination at 31, thencehorizontally radially outwardly at 38, thence perpendicularly andhorizontally at 39, thence arcuately upwardly at 40 to form a hookslightly exceeding a semi-circle, and terminates in an upwardly directedhead 4|. The outer end of the holder thus forms a hook whose sizepermits reception of a cigar or cigarette with a close fit, to securelyhold the same without crushing, while the spacing between the end ofportion 46 and portion 39 is less than the diameter of the cigar orcigarette, whereby the same cannot fall therefrom, but not so small thatthe cigar or cigarette cannot be inserted into the hook therethrough.Thus when a burning cigar or cigarette is held by hook 40 its ashes willfall onto head 34 or plate 26, and if it should be neglected for such aperiod that it burns at the hook-engaged portion thereof, it will fallupon plate 26. All of the ashes, etc., falling on plate 26 beingdirected into the path of movement of scrapers 29, whose inner endsextend below head 34, it will be seen that rotation of member It willcause scrapers 29 carried thereby to propel or move the same to andthrough opening 21 of plate 26 and onto plate [2, the material thenbeing moved or propelled on plate l2 to opening l3 therein by spider 19.In this way the device is rendered self-cleaning to the extent thatoperation thereof discharges into receptacle [0 all matter deposited onplate l2, plate 26, or in the arms of the spider I9. To empty thereceptacle, it is only necessary to remove the socket holder 33 andmember I8, whereupon the receptacle contents can be emptied throughopening i 3 in plate 12.

If desired, the device may be modified as illustrated in Figure 7,wherein the socket 33 is soldered at 65 to plate 26 in operativerelation to stud-receiving opening 28 whereby the cigarette holder andthe upper portion of the device may be removed from receptacle 19 as aunit, and whereby said upper portion of the device, i. e. member [8,plate 26 and the holder may serve as an ash tray, as during the timereceptacle II] is being emptied.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis:-

1. In combination, a receptacle, a plate fixedly carried by saidreceptacle in spaced relation below the upper end thereof, said platehaving an opening at one side thereof, an annular member fitting intothe upper end of said receptacle and resting upon said plate, a spiderfixedly carried by said annular member and including a plurality ofspaced sets of vertically disposed strips bearing on said plate, avertical stud carried by said plate, a second plate bearing on saidspider having an opening for the reception of said stud and an openingdisposed in diametrically opposed relation to the opening of said firstplate, a scraper fixedly carried by said annular member and bearing onsaid second plate, and a cigarette holder carried by said stud andincluding a head of a radius greater than the spacing of the inner endof said opening in said second plate from the center of said plate, saidannular member, scraper and spider being rotatable as a unit relative tosaid receptacle and plates.

2. In combination, a receptacle, a plate fixedly carried by saidreceptacle in spaced relation below the upper end thereof, said platehaving an opening at one side thereof, an annular member fitting intothe upper end of said receptacle and resting upon said plate, theannular member forming substantially a continuation of the receptacle, aspider fixedly carried by said annular member and including a pluralityof spaced sets of vertically disposed strips bearing on said plate, avertical stud carried by said plate, a second plate bearing on saidspider having an opening for the reception of said stud and an openingdisposed in diametrically opposed relation to the opening of said firstplate, and a scraper fixedly carried by said annular member and bearingon said second plate, said annular member, scraper and spider beingrotatable as a unit relative to said receptacle and plates.

3. In combination, a receptacle, a plate fixedly carried by saidreceptacle in spaced relation below the upper end thereof, said platehaving an opening at one side thereof, an annular member fitting intothe upper end of said receptacle and resting on said plate, the annularmember forming substantially a continuation of the receptacle, a spiderfixedly carried by said annular member and comprising a plurality ofspaced sets 01' vertically disposed strips bearing on said plate, asecond plate bearing on said spider having an opening disposed indiametrically opposed relation to the opening of said first plate, meansfor holding said second plate in stationary relation to said firstplate, and a scraper carried by said annular member and bearing on saidsecond plate, said annular member, scraper and spider being rotatable asa unit relative to said receptacle.

4. In combination, a receptacle, a plate fixedly carried by saidreceptacle in spaced relation below the upper end thereof, said platehaving an opening at one side thereof, an annular member fitting intothe receptacle and resting on said plate, the annular member formingsubstantially a continuation of the receptacle, a spider carried by saidannular member and bearing on said plate, a second plate bearing on saidspider and. having an opening therein disposed in diametrically opposedrelation to the opening of said first plate, means for holding saidsecond plate against rotation, and a scraper carried by said annularmember and bearing on said second plate, said annular member, spider andscraper being rotatable as a unit relative to said receptacle.

5. In combination, a receptacle including a top having an opening in oneside thereof, a rotatable member carried by said receptacle and formingsubstantially a continuation of the receptacle, a spider disposed insaid rotatable member and bearing on said top, a plate fixed relativelyto said top bearing on said spider and having an opening indiametrically opposed relation to said top opening, and a scrapercarried by said rotatable member and bearing on said plate, said spiderand scraper being rotatable with said rotatable member.

6. In combination, a receptacle including a top having an opening in oneside thereof, a rotatable member carried by said receptacle and formingsubstantially a continuation of the receptacle, a spider disposed in androtatable with said member, said spider bearing on said top, and a platebearing on said spider and having an opening therein spaced from saidfirst named opening, said spider including a plurality of substantiallyradial vanes, the angle between adjacent vanes being less than the anglebetween adjacent edges of said top and plate openings whereby saidspider forms a seal between said openings at all times.

7. The combination with a receptacle open at its upper end, of a pair ofspaced, parallel, stationary, horizontal plates of high heatconductivity disposed adjacent the upper end of said receptacle, each ofsaid plates having an opening therein staggered relative to the otheropening, and a rotatable member forming substantially a continuation ofthe receptacle, said member having a portion interposed between saidplates and comprising a plurality of substantially radial sets of spacedarms of high heat conductivity bearing on said plates, said sets of armsbeing spaced apart a distance less than the spacing between adjacentedges of said plate openings whereby at least one arm is interposedbetween adjacent edges of said openings at both sides of said plates inall positions of said rotatable member, the arms of each set cooperatingwith said plates to provide a narrow substantially sealed chamber inwhich a burning member may be extinguished by limitation of oxygen andby rapid heat transfer therefrom to said arms and plates beforedischarge thereof into said receptacle by said rotatable member.

8. In combination, a receptacle having a pair of spaced horizontalplates, each plate having an opening therein, said plate openings beingspaced apart, and a rotatable member forming substantially acontinuation of said receptacle, said member having a portion includinga plurality of vanes spaced apart a distance less than the spacing ofadjacent sides of said plate opening and disposed between said platesand shiftable between said openings, said member engaging said platesand the wall of said receptacle intermediate said plates to provide asubstantially airtight seal between said openings at all times.

WILLIAM F. BLACK.

